litigate vs take to court

litigate

verb
  • To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit. 

  • To dispute; to fight over. 

  • To contest in law. 

take to court

verb
  • To sue; to begin a legal process against; to take legal action against. 

How often have the words litigate and take to court occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )